Senad and Brazil's police destroy 137 hectares in Nueva Alianza XXIII
Senad and Brazil's Federal Police ended Operation Nueva Alianza XXIII on 13 November 2020 after ten days in Amambay's forests, destroying 137 hectares of cannabis crops, 83.6 tonnes of processed marijuana and 116 drug camps. The agencies put the combined result at 494.6 tonnes taken out of circulation.
Senad, Paraguay’s anti-drug agency, and Brazil’s Federal Police ended Operation Nueva Alianza XXIII on 13 November 2020 after ten days of joint raids in the forests of Amambay department.[1]They destroyed 137 hectares of marijuana crops and 116 drug camps used as operating bases.[1]
Senad reported destroying 83.6 tonnes of processed marijuana and 100 kilograms of pressed marijuana, putting the combined result at 494.6 tonnes taken out of circulation.[1]Two Federal Police helicopters carried agents into the forest zones, and Paraguay’s Office of the Attorney General backed the operation alongside the Joint Task Force of soldiers, police and Senad agents.[1]
The same phase on paper
A Brazilian Federal Police study records the same phase at 137 hectares and 116 camps with 83,718 kilograms of chopped marijuana, dating it 3 to 12 November for a combined 494.7 tonnes.[2]On 20 November the Brazilian ambassador visited the Senad base to review the results of the 23rd phase with minister Arnaldo Giuzzio.[1]
Photos and video
Senad and Brazilian Federal Police agents with eradicated marijuana during Operation New Alliance XXIII. Photo by the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug SecretariatPhoto details
Source: Diálogo Américas · archived copyTroops destroyed 116 drug camps during the 10-day operation in Amambay department. Photo by the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug SecretariatPhoto details
A Brazilian Federal Police study dates the phase 3 to 12 November and lists 1,337 kilograms of seeds, against the 13 November end date and 100 kilograms of pressed marijuana in the Senad statement; the combined totals agree to within 0.1 tonnes.
No arrests during the phase were reported in these sources.
A clandestine airstrip Senad found in Bahia Negra on 19 November is a separate event left out here.
SENAD agents raided a rural property in Colonia Nueva Yaú, Capitán Bado, destroying 9 hectares of marijuana, 450 kg of chopped marijuana and five camps. Prosecutor Sarita Bonzi ordered everything incinerated on site while investigations continue to identify those responsible.
A joint task force destroyed three hectares of marijuana and 9,300 kilograms of the drug in the San Lorenzo community of San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa, on 31 October 2026. Prosecutors are investigating a criminal organisation they say was buying weapons with trafficking proceeds.
SENAD’s Bella Vista Norte unit, using drones to map plots in the Timburi forest reserve, eradicated four hectares of illegal marijuana and destroyed 660 kg in 33 bales at a staging area; the agency estimated about twelve tonnes kept from the market under prosecutor Rossana Coronel’s supervision.
On 29 October 2026 Paraguay's SENAD reported eradicating four hectares of cannabis — about 12 tonnes — and destroying 1,600 kg of drying marijuana at the Indigenous colony Takua Ju in Yby Pytã, Canindeyú. No one was found at the site.
